Новости за 21.09.2016

Facebook CEO's organization pledges billions to further healthcare.

– The Nigerian navy has added a new vessel to its fleet, the NNS Unity – NNS Unity which was under construction in China has been completed and is on its way to Nigeria – Chief of Naval staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas says the vessel would further strengthen efforts against maritime crimes  Following bids […]

For six consecutive elections, 18 states have voted Democrat

”I just don’t like Angelina Jolie,” Chelsea Handler once said. “I don’t think she’s a girl’s girl. I like girl’s girls!”

LAKE VIEW, Iowa (AP) — The Sac County Sheriff's Office has identified a woman shot while driving in northwest Iowa as a University of Iowa graduate student.

LAKE VIEW, Iowa (AP) — The Sac County Sheriff's Office has identified a woman shot while driving in northwest Iowa as a University of Iowa graduate student. The sheriff's office said in a news release Wednesday that 24-year-old Megan Quinn Sloss, of Guthrie Center, was traveling Sunday with her 26-year-old brother to a family event when she was shot.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus on Wednesday became the first airplane manufacturer to receive U.S. government permission to sell aircraft to Iran following last year's nuclear accord, getting final approval for a 17-plane sale that's part of a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus on Wednesday became the first airplane manufacturer to receive U.S. government permission to sell aircraft to Iran following last year's nuclear accord, getting final approval for a 17-plane sale that's part of a…

Parents gather outside Queen’s Park to protest Liberal sex-ed curriculum

Berkeley's leadership is still firmly entrenched in keeping Berkeley the most Berkeley it can possibly be.

Tinder Stack's is the dating platform's new social voting feature that lives inside iMessage.

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Electric car racing is coming to New York.

Formula E, the world's first fully electric racing series, is finishing off its season on a 1.21-mile race course in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The course winds around Pier 11 and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal  and will take place July 29 and 30, 2017.

Don't count the cars out just because they're electric, either. The cars can get up to 180 mph on a straight course, and tend to hover around the 150 mph mark for twistier routes, Alejandro Agag... Читать дальше...

‘It’s a building that I was clear from the start was not going to be white marble,” says David Adjaye, architect of the African American Museum of History and Culture. “It needed to speak a different language.”

NEW YORK — Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj, artist-owners of Tidal, will perform at a concert in New York for the streaming service. Tidal announced Wednesday that Lauryn Hill, Common and Robin Thicke will also perform at the Oct. 15 event dubbed “TIDAL X: 1015” at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Pre-sale tickets for

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s loyalty to certain players knows no bounds after naming his latest squad, says Ashfak Mohamed.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Heriberto Ferrer doesn't want to vote for Donald Trump — but he says he can't rule it out, his open-mindedness forced by his low opinion of Hillary Clinton.

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Iranian Naval Activity, Persian Gulf

The IRGC Navy has a sizable fleet of relatively small, high speed and highly-maneuverable attack craft.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is stepping up its harassment of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf. In the past few weeks, U.S. ships had to swerve and fire warning shots on separate occasions to avoid colliding with oncoming Iranian ships. The U.S. Navy recorded 31 such instances of "unsafe... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Mitch McGary didn’t do himself any favors by getting another drug suspension. The Thunder forward was hit with a minimum 10-game ban last week on top of the five-game ban he drew this summer. “For me, I’m disappointed in the fact that he’s in that situation,” Thunder general manager Sam Presti said

Russia says a US coalition drone was spotted flying over the UN aid convoy when it was attacked heading for Aleppo on Monday. The Russian military says that the unmanned aircraft was a Predator drone. RT reports: “On the evening of September 19, in that specific region, a drone belonging to the international condition, which had taken off from the Incirlik air base in Turkey, was flying at a height of 3,600 meters and traveling at around 200 kilometers per hour,” said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. Читать дальше...

The 56-year-old construction worker is among many Puerto Ricans living in this working-class neighborhood just south of Orlando along central Florida's Interstate-4 corridor — perhaps the most valuable political real estate in the nation. Unlike other immigrant groups, they arrive as American citizens and become eligible to vote almost immediately in the nation's premiere battleground state. Since June 28, Clinton's team and an allied super PAC spent a combined $23 million on advertising in the Orlando and Tampa areas... Читать дальше...

North Carolina could gain a 29th medical facility run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, if Congress approves legislation introduced Wednesday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Sens. … Click to Continue »

The Yankees got approval to refinance the $1 billion mortgage they used to build their stadium.

(AP) — A Republican leader is criticizing the Detroit school district's emergency manager after the approval of teacher pay increases. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said Wednesday he's lost "all my confidence" in Steven Rhodes as the state-managed district returns to local control under a state bailout.

Teenage Fanclub first made a Billboard chart in November 1991, and nearly 25 years later, the act is back after a six-year absence from our lists....

It was another forgettable performance from struggling Kaizer Chiefs, but they finally ended a winless run.